---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Clarify Ranked-Choice Voting Laws"
description: "An Act To Clarify Ranked-Choice Voting Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1663"
citation: "Maine LD 1663 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "VOTING PROCEDURES", "RANKED-CHOICE VOTING"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Louis LUCHINI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-04-30"
last_action: "2019-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd03ddc-64e7-4bc1-914a-912295999b9d"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280073624"
source_hash: "26bd8f496c2a1663801347014530ce209ec80eab961b7a847ef26a098ac87a82"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1663 (129) — An Act To Clarify Ranked-Choice Voting Laws

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=SP0540&item=3&snum=129)

## Sponsors

- Louis LUCHINI — primary (person)
- Benjamin CHIPMAN — cosponsor (person)
- Bradlee FARRIN — cosponsor (person)
- Chloe MAXMIN — cosponsor (person)
- Craig HICKMAN — cosponsor (person)
- John MARTIN — cosponsor (person)
- John SCHNECK — cosponsor (person)
- Kent ACKLEY — cosponsor (person)
- Sara GIDEON — cosponsor (person)
- Scott STROM — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-30** Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS suggested and ordered printed REFERENCE to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS Ordered sent down forthwith for concurrence
- **2019-04-30** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-04** Reports Read
- **2019-06-04** On motion by Senator LUCHINI of Hancock the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-04** READ ONCE `reading-1`
- **2019-06-04** Committee Amendment "A" (S-194) READ and ADOPTED
- **2019-06-04** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED by Committee Amendment "A" (S-194) `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04** Sent down for concurrence
- **2019-06-05** Reports READ.
- **2019-06-05** On motion of Representative SCHNECK of Bangor, the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report was ACCEPTED.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-05** Committee Amendment "A" (S-194) was READ and ADOPTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-05** Under suspension of the rules, the Bill was given its SECOND READING without REFERENCE to the Committee on Bills in the Second Reading.
- **2019-06-05** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (S-194).
- **2019-06-05** In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dd03ddc-64e7-4bc1-914a-912295999b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).